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    Thread: You know your writing system is complicated when ...
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(2016-06-19, 5:21 pm)Roketzu Wrote: 里痾徳蘭徳 *里灼熱内蘆 一月之川もいいかな?
tetsueda General discussion 12 515 27 minutes ago
    Thread: You know your writing system is complicated when ...
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(2016-06-19, 5:21 pm)Roketzu Wrote: That last lady was ridiculously good. I've no idea if she's way above the average Japanese person or not, but I kinda hope so lol. She has studied for (and passe...
tetsueda General discussion 12 515 Yesterday, 2:13 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_h...hursdayism
tetsueda The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,979 2016-02-28, 2:43 pm
    Thread: Olden forms for kanjis
Post: RE: Olden forms for kanjis

They're not all that useful, but you'll encounter them if you like visiting temples and museums. Also, people still use them in names. And of course 讀賣新聞.
tetsueda General discussion 5 565 2016-02-18, 8:07 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Firstly, It was not that long ago that there was no standardized spelling (in any language). Secondly, it wasn't like you could just whip out your ケータイ to check how to write a word. Thirdly, odds are...
tetsueda The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,979 2016-02-13, 1:57 am
    Thread: 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK
Post: RE: 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China,...

So I guess China=PRC? What about the only country using 正字?
tetsueda Chinese and Hanzi 3 1,296 2016-02-05, 4:09 am
    Thread: What is your way of studying Kanji?
Post: RE: What is your way of studying Kanji?

Reminds me of this interesting ruby: [Image: http://blogs.c.yimg.jp/res/blog-71-f1/sr...1243737576]
tetsueda The Japanese language 8 1,315 2016-02-02, 12:20 pm
    Thread: (Kanji Koohii) Dealing with Joyo variants
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(2016-01-31, 10:17 am)anotherjohn Wrote: 䇳 is used in zero words in JMdict and doesn't even have any readings in KANJIDIC. Only (Japanese) use 'in the wild' seems to be in writing 処方箋 as 処方䇳, proba...
tetsueda Remembering the Kanji 41 4,183 2016-01-31, 10:32 am
    Thread: Classic Literature available as a Free Download.
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(2016-01-28, 1:51 am)rainmaninjapan Wrote: In the first image, what even are the little 二、三、一 and レ's written on the left side of kanji? They are used to pretend that Chinese is Japanese (as if the...
tetsueda General discussion 7 1,105 2016-01-28, 3:26 am
    Thread: .....
Post: RE: Interesting study on the use of kanji...

Yeah, shouldn't there be readily available corpus analysis tools for these kind of things?
tetsueda The Japanese language 10 1,242 2016-01-22, 1:14 pm
    Thread: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji
Post: RE: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji

Yeah, I've been watching Kaiji lately and have been pleasantly surprised by stuff like 檄, 傀儡 and 敵愾心.
tetsueda The Japanese language 60 13,763 2016-01-21, 10:34 am
    Thread: RTK forgetting mature cards
Post: RE: RTK forgetting mature cards

Visualizing might arguably better in some ways, at least you won't rely as much on "muscle memory" and whether it "looks right" or not.
tetsueda Remembering the Kanji 16 1,658 2016-01-21, 4:52 am
    Thread: Can someone help me identify these 2 handwritten kanji?
Post: RE: Can someone help me?

My first guess should be right then.
tetsueda Off topic 9 1,134 2016-01-20, 1:49 pm
    Thread: Can someone help me identify these 2 handwritten kanji?
Post: RE: Can someone help me?

Could it be 軍跡 (military ruin(?))
tetsueda Off topic 9 1,134 2016-01-20, 12:10 pm
    Thread: Can someone help me identify these 2 handwritten kanji?
Post: RE: Can someone help me?

筆跡、かな?
tetsueda Off topic 9 1,134 2016-01-20, 11:58 am
    Thread: RTK forgetting mature cards
Post: RE: RTK forgetting mature cards

You could try to put the kanji that it is not on the front if some keywords are troublesome (and iirc they are).
tetsueda Remembering the Kanji 16 1,658 2016-01-20, 3:52 am
    Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles
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(2016-01-14, 6:51 pm)afterglowefx Wrote: There are tens of thousands of third generation Koreans--not only were they born in Japan, but so were their parents--who are not considered to be Japanese. ...
tetsueda General discussion 47 5,893 2016-01-15, 8:48 am
    Thread: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji
Post: RE: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji

Yes, that's the one. A bit apropos: [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9q5rKYQxas]
tetsueda The Japanese language 60 13,763 2016-01-14, 9:38 am
    Thread: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji
Post: RE: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji

So within a few minutes of watching some stupid show (櫻井有吉アブナイ夜会) I encounter both the the horizontal version (that I can't seem to be able to input) of 嵜 (so it's looks more like the good old 崎) and ...
tetsueda The Japanese language 60 13,763 2016-01-14, 8:31 am
    Thread: Am I doing the most appropriate things to improve listening ability?
Post: RE: Am I doing the most appropriate things to impr...

Your mileage might vary, but I've found these kind of kana to meaning/kanji cards pretty helpful: http://forum.koohii.com/thread-13063-pos...#pid225540 After all, "knowing" a word when the kanji are...
tetsueda The Japanese language 61 9,722 2016-01-09, 3:28 am
    Thread: Success stories
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(2016-01-07, 8:15 pm)afterglowefx Wrote: (2016-01-05, 4:15 am)tetsueda Wrote: Imo, the worst aspect of the word is not that has no definite definition, it is that it focuses on your spoken output....
tetsueda General discussion 21 2,900 2016-01-08, 2:44 am
    Thread: different ways to write
Post: RE: different ways to write

Some googling of ”なまたまご” and ”ゆでたまご” with different combinations of kana and kanji gives the impression that usage is all over the place (like I expected). What I can say is that 卵 (to me) feels more ...
tetsueda The Japanese language 3 603 2016-01-08, 2:35 am
    Thread: Success stories
Post: RE: Success stories

This thread got me thinking on what I consider fluency to be. Imo, the worst aspect of the word is not that has no definite definition, it is that it focuses on your spoken output. More so, it focuses...
tetsueda General discussion 21 2,900 2016-01-05, 4:15 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

My first hunch, that it's basically a internal question turned out to be true. Apparently せいか(所為か) means "it may be because of".
tetsueda The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,979 2015-12-31, 2:09 am
    Thread: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji
Post: RE: Unnecessary use of rare/obscure kanji

Where did you encounter it?
tetsueda The Japanese language 60 13,763 2015-12-27, 7:43 am
    Thread: What are your thoughts on Tatoeba.org?
Post: RE: What are your thoughts on Tatoeba.org?

You could try 知恵袋.
tetsueda Learning resources 12 1,890 2015-12-13, 4:54 am
    Thread: How to get list of common (P) words
Post: RE: How to get list of common (P) words

Common is relative. E.g. apparently 踏み絵 is frequent enough to be considered common.
tetsueda General discussion 4 775 2015-12-11, 4:02 am
    Thread: My own kana charts
Post: RE: My own kana charts

しかしや行い、や行え、わ行うが存在しないためそれを当てはめるため無理やり掲載された。 Doesn't that say something?
tetsueda Off topic 12 1,310 2015-12-05, 2:55 pm
    Thread: My own kana charts
Post: RE: My own kana charts

It's still called that, even though that's not the exact number. Also there's no yi, ye or wu. You could have them mixed: あア えエ... etc.
tetsueda Off topic 12 1,310 2015-12-05, 12:29 pm
    Thread: My own kana charts
Post: RE: My own kana charts

How about 五十音図?
tetsueda Off topic 12 1,310 2015-12-05, 12:00 pm